What does "out of" mean?
"Another important goal for an open distributed system is that it should be easy to configure the system out of different components (possibly from different developers)."
configure the system out of different components out of here means 'by the use of'. Consider these simpler examples. eg Tom built his house out of bricks.
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configure the system out of different components
out of here means 'by the use of'.
Consider these simpler examples.
eg Tom built his house out of bricks.
eg This knife is made out of metal.
We also commonly say 'from',
eg configure the system from different components